Preston, Lisa
Summary: "Clinching is the technique used to bend a driven horseshoe nail to hold the shoe to a hoof. Rainy Dale is The Clincher, a twenty-something high school-dropout turned farrier (horseshoer) who is haunted by a secret she carries. Estranged from her California d-list actress momma and her ranch hand Texas daddy, she tracked down her childhood horse in small-town Oregon--a land full of cowboys and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY PREBelli, Kate
Summary: "New York City, summer 1889. Society girl-turned-investigative journalist Genevieve Stewart and wealthy Daniel McCaffrey have arrived at the docks to see their friends, Rupert and Esmie Milton, off on their honeymoon. But the romantic idyll comes to a screeching halt when a crazed man bursts into their stateroom screaming about demons and drops dead before their eyes. The dead man is Marcus...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BELHill, Edwin
Summary: Hester Thursby has given up using her research skills to trace people who don't want to be found. A traumatic case a few months ago unearthed a string of violent crimes, and left Hester riddled with self-doubt and guilt. Finisterre Island, off the coast of Maine, is ruggedly beautiful and remote-the kind of place tourists love to visit, though rarely for long. But a dilapidated Victorian house...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HILNoble, Shelley
Summary: "Philomena Amesbury, Dowager Countess of Dunbridge, was not about to let a little thing like the death of her husband ruin her social life. She's come to New York City, ready to take the dazzling world of Gilded Age Manhattan by storm. She finds excitement when an early morning visitor arrives, begging for her help. After all, Lady Phil has been known to be useful in a crisis. Especially when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC NOBCambridge, Colleen
Summary: "In England's stately manor houses, murder is not generally a topic for polite conversation. Mallowan Hall, home to Agatha Christie and her husband, Max, is the exception. And housekeeper Phyllida Bright delights in discussing gory plot details with her friend and employer . . . The neighboring village of Listleigh has also become a hub of grisly goings-on, thanks to a Murder Fête organized to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC CAMAlexander, Ellie
Summary: The whole town of Leavenworth, Washington, is buzzing with excitement over this year's festival activities. And they're eagerly awaiting Nitro's latest offering Cherrywizen, made with locally sourced cherries. But local brewmaster Sloan Krause is tapped out. Between trying to manage the pub, her pending divorce with Mac, and her mounting feelings for Garrett, she's fermenting in internal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALEDearman, Lara
Summary: "The tiny island of Sark lies isolated in the dark waters of the Channel Islands. No cars are allowed. No streetlamps light its paths. It is the world's only Dark Sky Island. This breathtaking patch of land seems the picture of tranquility--but at its heart lies a web of murder, deceit, and hidden danger. When bones are discovered on Derrible Bay and an elderly resident is violently murdered,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEAFlower, Amanda
Summary: "When a literary icon stays with the Dickinson family, Emily and her housemaid Willa find themselves embroiled in a shocking murder in this new mystery from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Amanda Flower. August 1856. The Dickinson family is comfortably settled in their homestead on Main Street. Emily's brother, Austin Dickinson, and his new wife are delighted when famous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLOQuigley, Mindy
Summary: "Pizzeria owner Delilah O'Leary is determined to win the hefty cash prize in the town's annual culinary contest. She's got her nearly flawless recipe for Pretzel Crust Deep-Dish Bratwurst Pizza. But while Delilah and her team have been focused on pumping out perfect pizza pies, her ex-fiancé has cozied up to bar owner Jordan Watts--Delilah's contest rival. When one of Jordan's juice bar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC QUISefton, Maggie.
Summary: "Beltway doyenne Samantha Calhoun has learned many lessons in a lifetime of politics, and she relishes teaching certain young congressmen everything she knows. But when her latest fling, married U.S. Rep. Quentin Wilson, is found dead in Samantha's home, she turns to longtime friend Molly Malone for support. Putting to use her many well-positioned connections, Molly learns that Wilson had been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Midnight Ink 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SEFLanh, Andrew
Summary: When the body of Marta Kowalski, a simple woman who cleaned houses for a living, is found under the Farmington River Bridge, the police write it off as a suicide. But Marta's niece thinks otherwise and hires Rick Van Lam to dig deeper into the affluent Farmington community for evidence of murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANFanning, Diane.
Summary: When childrens charity worker Sharon Flemming is brutally murdered and a note found by her mutilated body bears the words "I was left behind," Lucinda Pierce must track down this violent killer before he strikes again. And when a series of notes are also left on her car windshield, she knows this has got personal. Comfort comes from a most unlikely source but can only lead to further...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FANHutton, Callie
Summary: "Bath, England, 1891. Mr. James Harding was a lot of things--businessman, well-to-do, probable scoundrel--but a drinker he most assuredly was not. So when Harding is believed to have drunkenly fallen to his death into the icy River Avon, Lord William Wethington is immediately suspicious. Finding Lord William's name on a letter in the victim's pocket, the local constabulary summons William to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HUTEllis, Mary
Summary: "When a wealthy socialite is found dead on her luxury yacht, her daughter Lainey hires private investigator Kate Weller to look into the matter. Agnes Westin created plenty of enemies during her climb to the top of society, many with a taste for revenge -- but did any of them feel strongly enough to kill her? Kate has another reason altogether for returning to Pensacola, Florida, the only town...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELLLee, Elizabeth
Summary: "Lindy Blanchard's family pecan farm is known county-wide, but it's the goodies her grandmother sells at their store, the Nut House, that really bring in the crowds--until someone turns one of her tasty treats deadly... The "Most Original Pecan Treat" contest at the Ag Fair is the talk of Riverville, Texas, especially when it's clear that Miss Amelia Blanchard's Heavenly Texas Pecan Caviar will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEEMaxwell, Alyssa
Summary: Responding to a frantic call from her cousin, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Emma Cross arrives at the Marble House mansion and learns Consuelo's mother, Alva, is forcing her into marriage with the Duke of Marlborough. Her mother has even called in a fortune teller to assure Consuelo of a happy future. But the future is short-lived for the fortune teller, who is found dead by her crystal ball, strangled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2014